MRD1990

So follow me on this: This is The Misfits’s 3rd album, but it’s the first one they recorded and it didn’t properly come out in full until 1996, so it’s technically both their first album and last one with Glenn Danzig.

Sonically it definitely sounds more like early Punk than the more Metal/Hardcore leaning Earth A.D., with cuts like the title track, “TV Casualty” and “Come Back” taking cues from The Stooges and other highlights like personal ... read more

Reviewing every Misfits album.

The 2nd album by Misfits (yet also the last one recorded with Glenn Danzig. More on that next time) offers a decidedly heavier record, clearly taking more influence from Metal and Hardcore Punk this time around, and I honestly think that shift didn’t really suit their strengths here. Songs are still pretty well made and have fun moments, but certain songs have a bad habit of blending into each other with a handful of exceptions. I just personally prefer the ... read more

I don’t know who Taylor Swift is.

Of course I know the basics: Extremely popular singer who got her start as a young Country singer before gradually transitioning to Pop with occasional returns to more laid back material who is madly in love with a man who has won multiple Super Bowls. But on a record like this, I feel like she’s trying to be multiple people at once. She’s a woman eager to be more of a traditional house wife, but she also is still beefing with other Pop ... read more

Reviewing Every Misfits Album

Halloween Season is the perfect time for me to finally do a dedicated examination of every Misfits album, so let’s get started.

As opposed to many of their Punk peers who used their music to discuss politics or personal struggles, Misfits take lyric inspiration from old school Pulp Sci-Fi and Horror. Zombies, Aliens, Serial Killers all appear here in brief but largely infectious songs filled with nice vocal harmonies that rival the biggest names in the ... read more